Sarasvati - Of Art and Knowledge

1. It was much less hot today than it has been! It actually felt pleasant during the day (warm, but pleasant) and even at work, I was able to take a mid day walk, whereas last week just going from the store to the car felt awful.

2. On my walk I stopped at 85 Degrees to get a drink and ended up getting some discount mooncakes while I was at it. I haven't eaten any of them yet, but they all sound really good! I got Hokkaido milk mochi, chocolate ganache, taro mochi, and almond lotus seed. I think I had the taro mochi one at New Year and liked it, but the others are all new to me.

3. Carla got some chicken and ginger gyoza yesterday and we had those for dinner tonight. The ginger was really strong in a good way (we both love ginger) and they were just very tasty in general.

4. Today was the go live for our new warehouse management system at work. We've been without one for about two years since the previous one completely crashed out and it was so old it was not being supported anymore. Since then the warehouse has been accessing our inventory system directly to get orders, but it doesn't have the functionality they really need, which among other things includes not being able to print any sort of packing list. It seems like everything went smoothly and while there are some small issues to be worked out, overall they are good to go and have been fulfilling orders today and tomorrow all the stores will finally start receiving their orders with packing lists again!

5. Big yawn for a big boy.

1. I finished up a puzzle today. This one was fun to do and the art is so pretty!



2. Since we went to Disneyland yesterday rather than today, that meant I had a chance to get to the farmers market this morning. I got some delicious desserts and some tamales and some strawberries. Oh, and the granola bar guy was there. He's only there every other week lately so I wasn't sure if this was his week or not, but it was, so I got some granola bars, too.

3. The neighborhood market that does weekend bbq during the summer only has one week left (they do it from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend) so I went up there for a bbq tri-tip sandwich for lunch. We'll probably do that next Sunday or Monday, too, just to get one last sandwich in for the season.

4. Lick!

We went to Disneyland today after work. Today is the peak of the current hot spell and it was 100 degrees in Anaheim, even when we got there around 4pm, so it was not an ideal time to go, but the humidity was a lot lower than it has been lately (42% compared to over 80% most days) and because of the heat, the park was not crowded, so we were able to get shady spots to eat without any trouble.

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1. Got my hair cut this morning. It wasn't feeling overly long before my appointment, but is still an improvement post-cut in this heat. Any little bit helps!

2. I had a work dinner tonight and was not really looking forward to it but it turned out all right. Would I rather have been at home? Yes. But I did enjoy myself. And the food (tacos) was good.

The dinner was with a group of people from our parent company in Japan, including a bunch of people who were interested in working in the US, but also some higher-ups, which happened to include a guy who had worked here for several years when we were first bought out and it was nice to see him and say hi again after so many years.

3. Gemma's hiding out in the closet.

1. I went ahead and put in PTO for the Tuesday through Friday after Labor Day, so I'll have a whole week (actually 9 days including both weekends) off soon!

2. We had been planning on not going to Oogie Boogie Bash this year as we were kind of burnt out on it, but they announced Yzma as a new villain and we are both big fans, so we were kind of regretting not getting tickets, but for the first time since we started going in 2021, tickets actually didn't sell out the day they went on sale and there are still a lot of weekday tickets left. So we decided to get tickets for the Tuesday after Labor Day since I've got the week off.

3. While we were walking in the sun to the train yesterday we were wishing we'd ridden our bikes instead. Even though it's not that long a walk, it was tough on such a hot day and would have been quicker on bikes, plus you get that breeze while riding. I'd be a bit nervous about locking up our fancy bikes for so long at the station but they actually have bike lockers, so on our way home I checked them out and it's actually super cheap, only 75 cents for the first 12 hours (not 75 cents per hour, but for that whole time), so I downloaded the app and we'll use those on Sunday when we go to the museum again for Dino Fest. (Since the train lets off right in front of the museums, there's no need for bikes on that end of the trip, or we could of course take them on the train with us.)

4. Carla got some chicken thighs for dinner tonight and I got some already cleaned and halved brussels sprouts to go with them and they were so good! They were on the pricey side (not helped by the fact that I bought them at a fancy market) but having them prepped so all you have to do is just oil them up and toss them in the oven was worth it.

5. Don't miss the tummy pudge hanging down through the opening in the platform. *_*

We went to the Science Center (formerly the Museum of Science and Industry when I was in school) today!

We had been meaning to check it out since we enjoyed the Natural History Museum so much, and the other day when I was out on my bike I saw banners advertising a mummy exhibit that had been running since February and was ending on Labor Day. So I put in PTO for today and we went to the museum.

Unfortunately it was bad timing weather-wise as we are in the midst of an awful heatwave, so even the short (half a mile or so) walk to the train station was so muggy and gross. And it was only 9am when we left the house! But thankfully the train was well air-conditioned and the museum itself felt amazing inside lol. (The walk home from the train station was around noon, so was even worse, but at least after that we were just home and could go cool off in the air-conditioned garage.)

Anyway! Some photos:

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1. We had a nice morning at Disneyland. I love the Halloween season! (I just wish the weather felt more like Halloween lol.)

2. Speaking of weather, it's supposed to be mid-high 80s all next week (here in Santa Monica, which means both work and Disneyland will be 5-10 degrees higher, yay), but it looks like it's supposed to be dropping back down to low 80s by the end of the month and the forecast I'm looking at says 81 every day for the last several days of the 10 day forecast, so let's hope that's true (or even better, that it's lower than that).

3. Tuxie!

1. It's the start of a three day weekend! I was feeling super stressed this morning at work, so I am glad to have that break. And then in two weeks it's Labor Day, which will be another three day weekend, and I'm also considering taking that whole week off, but haven't fully decided (with everything being up in the air schedule-wise for our project it feels hard to make plans for anything, but I think when I'm back to work on Tuesday I'm just going to take a look at the upcoming schedule and make a decision and not worry about what might change).

2. We got Indian food tonight again for dinner. Mostly the same things as last time, as they were so delicious, but I did add some different sides and discovered another favorite there (their aloo tikki are amazing). And when I went to pick up the food I noticed a poster at the Baskin Robbins nextdoor for rootbeer float flights and the flavor combos looked really good, so I think we'll walk up there one night soon. They're open until 10:30pm, so even if it's hot, we can wait until the sun goes down.

3. Molly really loves the new box we put in the dining room a couple weeks ago after someone (I don't think it was her) threw up in her well-worn favorite box. At the time, the box didn't have any packing paper, but we got some with another delivery and upgraded her box and she is even more happy with it now.